Line-reel.



D. McNAMARA.

LINE REEL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, IEHG.

1,212,376, Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTOR N EY DENNIS MCNAMARA, OF LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

LINE-REEL Specification of Letters 1 a tent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

Application filed June 12, 1916. Serial No. 103,254.

particularly to reels adapted to be used for winding lines used by bricklayers, carpenters, and other building mechanics.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a reel of simple construction and operation of the character stated.

Another object is to provide a reel especially adapted to be carried in the pocket and of cheap and durable construction.

Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is aside view of the invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan view.

The body 1 is of approximately rectangular shape being provided with the central V-cuts 2 at opposite sides to form a reeling surface. This body is made of flat construction, that is, its opposite sides are planes, the body being constructed or shaped from a piece of board, or other suitable material. This body is further provided at its outer end with a flattened V-recess 3. A pivot pin 4% is inserted longitudinally through the center of the body, and the body is freely rotatable about this pin. The inner end of pin at is pointed as at 5, for the purpose to be later disclosed, and its outer end is provided with an integral head 6. On the outer portion of pin 4 a handle 7 is rotatably mounted. The lower face of this handle is cut to fit snugly within the recess 3 of the reel body, and the handle is provided, at one end, with the forked catch 8 loosely mounted in the same. The arms of this catch extend downward, when in operative position, so as to engage the outer end of reel body 1 thus securing the body and handle together. A pin 9 is provided adjacent the catch 8 and is so positioned that, when the catch is swung upwardly and inwardly, the pin will limit its downward movement so as to hold the catch out of operative position, if the reel be in a vertical position. Handle 7, is further provided,near its inner end, on each side, with two wrapping posts 10 positioned on opposite sides of the pivot pin 5.

In using my reel, the pointed end of pin 4 is driven into a wall, or the like, by striking the head 6 with a hammer, or other suitable tool. After the reel has thus been secured in proper position, the cord or line, which has been previously unwound from the reel, may be tightened by rotating handle 7 thus turning the reel body 1. After the cord has been thus tightened, the slack may be taken up by passing the cord up over the handle and wrapping it about the outer end of pin 5 beneath head 6. The wrapping posts 10 serve as an additional means of taking up slack, and also for preventing reverse rotation of the reel body 1. The cord is brought down from the upper part of post 6 and 'wrapped around the posts 10, alternately. Ordinarily, the cord being wrapped about the outer end of pin 5 would serve to bind it in position and thus prevent reverse rotation of the reel, but, if desired, the posts 10 may also be used. In this way the posts serve a double function, that is, they serve to take up any slack in the cord and also as an additional safeguard against reverse rotation of the reel.

By turning the catch 8 of handle 7 into inoperative position, the reel body 1 is free to rotate on the pin 5. This provides means whereby, when placing the line in position, the line may be quickly and easily unreeled by securing the free end to a nail, or the freely on the pin as the operator moves away from the point at which the end of the line is secured. When the line is not in use, the free end of the same may be quickly and easily secured under any one of a plurality of spring clips 11 which' are mounted on the opposite sides of the reel body 1 for this purpose.

As will be noted from Fig. 2 of the drawings, the handle7is of the same thickness as the body 1 of the reel so that, when the handle is in normal position operatively connected to the body, these two members are included between the same planes, '5. 6., the handle 7 lies between the planes which coincide with the side faces of the body 1. The reel, in this position, occupies but very little space and, as above pointed out, is well adapted to be carried in a persons pocket or in a kit of tools. By releasing the body 1 from the handle 7, the body is free to rotate on pin 5 the handle providing gripping means for holding the reel as the user moves away from the point at which the free end of the line is secured.

By my construction I have provided a reel of simple construction which occupies very little space and is especially adaptedto be carried in the pocket or in a kit of tools. This reel may be constructed at very slight cost and provides means whereby a line may be quickly and easily unreeled, and, after being placed in position, may be easily tensioned, as desired.

What I claim, is

1. In a line reel, the combination of a body, a handle separate from the body, a pivot pin loosely mounted through said body and handle, and means for optionally securing the handle to the body.

2. In a line reel, the combination of a pivot pin, a body of approximately rectangular shape rotatable on said pin, a handle rotatably mounted on the pin separate from the body, and means for optionally securing the handle to said body.

3. In a line reel, the combination of a headed pivot pin, a fiat body of rectangular shape provided with oppositely disposed V- cuts rotatable on said pin, a handle rotatably mounted on the pin separate from said body, and means carried by said handle for optionally securing the body and handle together for common rotation.

4. In a line reel, the combination of a fiat body of approximately rectangular shape provided with a flattened V-recess in one end, a pivot pin loosely secured through the body, a handle loosely mounted in relation to the body on said pin of the same thickness as said body and having its underface shaped to fit into said recess, and a fork catch rockably mounted in said handle and adapted to be moved into engagement with the lateral faces of the body so as to operatively connect the same to said handle.

5. In a line reel, the combination of a flat body of approximately rectangular shape provided with a flattened V-recess, a pivot pin loosely secured through the body, a handle loosely mounted in relation to the body on said pin of the same thickness as said body and having its underface shaped to fit into said recess, said handle being provided on each side face with two wrapping posts positioned equi-distant from its axis of rotation, and a forked catch rockably mounted in said handle and adapted to be moved into engagement with the lateral faces of said body so as to operatively connect the same to the handle.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

DENNIS MQNAMARA.

- Witnesses:

EUGENE F. BUoKLEY, JOHN T. WALSH.

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Washington, D. 0. r 

